Ross Sea Region Soil Sites
6000
06
28-Oct-1964
IBC, GGC
Northern Victoria Land near Hallett Peninsula; west side of Edisto Inlet near Luther Peak
Rock weathering examination
MZMS 166; 1960 Tucker Glacier
No
169.8670
-72.3500
72deg 21.0'S
-169deg -52.0'E
On a small peak on a narrow sloping ridge trending eastwards from Luther Peak to Edisto Inlet
5
E
800
Metasedimentary greywacke rocks of the Robertson Bay Group; bands of finer textured finely foliated rocks within coarser sediments
Xerous to subxerous, moisture derived from thawing of intermittent snow cover
-18
Coastal Antarctic
Disaggregated bedrock forming a shallow pebbly regolith
Not observed
Nil
SURFACE WEATHERING or |
SURFACE FEATURES |
Bedrock outcrops of greywacke, with surface veneer of angular and unweathered fragments
Nil
06a 2-0cm
101
surface pebbles and cobbles
102
angular and unstained
06b 0-8cm
201
light olive grey (5Y 6/2) pebbly gravel
202
loose
203
rock fragments angular and unstained
Yes
NoObs
0
1
(NoObs)
Soluble Salt |
Concentration |
600001
06a
2-0cm
-2
0
none
600002
06b
0-8cm
0
8
none
12-Dec-2005
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